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Activities galore on offer during school holidays

There will be no excuse for the kids saying “I’m bored” these holidays with a terrific lineup of school holiday activities on offer in Armidale and Guyra.

One of the highlights of the program will be the E-Games at the Belgrave Cinema on January 15, 16 and 19.

This will include an exciting week of virtual competition, with $1000’s worth of prizes on offer.

The E-Games event is funded by a grant from Regional NSW.

Most of the other activities will be taking place at the Armidale Library and include a mini art competition where winning designs are turned into library bookmarks, henna art tattoos, LEGO free play all day, decorate your own bag using tie dye.

Kids keen on capturing the perfect image will love the photography fundamentals activity on January 18 that involves a street photography exercise (this will involve walking to Beardy Street Mall and bringing your own camera or device) with Daniel Elliott.

Young science buffs will enjoy the UNE Discovery activity called “Magic of Physics” on January 23 as well as the UNE Discovery “Chemistry” on the same day.

Budding musicians can hit the right note with the introduction to songwriting and recording music activity that will take place on January 24 in the Armidale Library’s new sound recording pod.

There will be bus transport available for Guyra youth which will be Funded by NSW Office of Regional Youth.

Many of the above activities will also be run at the Guyra Library which will also have sand art, mixed craft days and movie days.

“School holidays is always a challenging time for parents trying to keep kids entertained but with so many amazing activities offered for kids in Armidale and Guyra there will no excuses for being bored these school holidays,” said Mayor Sam Coupland.

“From science activities to LEGO play days there will be something for children of all ages in our school holidays activity program.”

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